Lots of action for Joggers in top local 10K races and further afield in Wales and Germany
Sunday, October 4th, Midsummer Common, Cambridge: there was a big turnout of 3,490 for the Bidwells Cambridge Town & Gown 10K on a cool, sunny morning, with weather conditions ideal for running. The runners wended their way along the cobbled city streets, across Jesus Green and beside the River Cam, enjoying plenty of crowd support. […]
Some top 10K and Half Marathon races keep Newmarket Joggers busy over the weekend
Sunday September 27th: Undoubtedly, the biggest race of the weekend in the UK was the Vitality London 10,000, which attracted 19,424 participants on the day, starting and finishing close to Buckingham Palace, with the HQ next door in Green Park. Five Joggers took part. Ace veteran Carol Cienna Carter (39:46, 72nd F of 9,318, 2nd of […]
A busy weekend for Newmarket Joggers, over road, trail, track and field
ROAD RACES Starting with the road events, four Joggers competed in the annual, Richard Bennett Felixstowe Coastal 10M race, which followed an out & back route along the promenade and took place in perfect, sunny, weather conditions on Sunday morning. Charles Jones (1:13:33, 83rd of 554 overall, 77th M of 318, 2nd of 16 in M65-69, age grade […]
A great team effort by Newmarket Joggers in Round Norfolk Relay
The annual, 24-hour Round Norfolk Relay started at Lynnsport, King’s Lynn on Saturday morning, 12th September and roughly followed the coastal and county boundaries of Norfolk in a clockwise direction, covering 198.7 miles in total. There were 59 competing teams from running clubs all over East Anglia and further afield; each team had 17 runners, […]
Top performances by Neil Pollard and Joey Bendall in Run Norwich 10K
The high class Run Norwich 10K attracted a big field of 8,047 on Sunday, September 6th. Two Newmarket Joggers (NJ) were right up there with the best in the race, both achieving awards in their age groups. Neil Pollard (34:16, 17th M of 4,442, 2nd of 456 in M45-49, age grade 86.24%) was close to his season’s best (SB) […]
National Horse Racing Museum Trail Half Marathon a big success in its second year
The second edition of the National Horse Racing Museum (NHRM) Trail Half Marathon took place in gorgeous, sunny weather at 11:00am on Sunday, 30th August, starting and finishing at the NHRM in Palace Street, Newmarket. The course was an absolute scenic treat, taking in a two-mile stretch of the Devil’s Dyke and proceeding along wooded […]
A great turnout and some excellent performances by Newmarket Joggers in the closing fixture of the Summer 5K League at Hinxton
On Thursday evening, 20th August, the sixth and final fixture of the Arkwright & Co/Turners 5K League took place on the Genome Campus at Hinxton, organised seamlessly by Cambridge & Coleridge AC. It was a fast and furious, 2.5-lap route, over tarmac service roads on the Campus, with a lot of speed bumps to negotiate along […]
Paul Holley pretty much on fire in Birmingham after his return from the US
Following an extended summer stint in Saratoga Springs, the New York State home of thoroughbred horseracing in the United States, NJ Paul Holley was back in the UK to watch the conclusion of the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. On Saturday, he fitted the Edgbaston Reservoir parkrun into his schedule, recording an impressive time of […]
Carlos Campon-Alonso achieves 8th position in Stour Valley Path 100K, while Tom Hemsley and Oliver Daykin go well in half marathon races at Solihull and Great Yarmouth
The annual Stour Valley Path (SVP) 100K and 50K trail races took place on Sunday, 9th August, with the 100K starting at the Memorial Hall in Newmarket and the 50K starting at The Quay in Sudbury. They roughly followed the course of the River Stour along public footpaths, finishing at the Brantham Leisure Centre in Cattawade, near Manningtree […]
A busy week for Newmarket Joggers
It was a busy mid-week for Newmarket Joggers (NJ), with the Eastern Masters Athletics Club (EMAC) T&F meeting at Peterborough on Tuesday evening; the NJ Fox Inn Navigational Trail 10K at Ousden on Wednesday evening; and the penultimate Arkwright & Co/Turners Summer 5K League fixture at Royston on Thursday evening. First, we can report on the weekend races: On Saturday, […]